The Business Guardian - March 04, 2025

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March 04, 2025

Indian Businesses Struggle With High Software Regret, Finds Capterra Study

A new study by Capterra reveals that 72% of Indian businesses have experienced regret over a software investment in the last 18 months, significantly higher than the global average.

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Manohar Lal Launches C3 Partnership for City and Tech Collaboration

Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal, announced the launch of the Cities Coalition for Circularity (C-3), a multinational alliance focused on city-to-city collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and private sector partnerships.

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IRCTC, IRFC Get Navratna Status

The central government has granted Navratna status to two companies -- Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), Department of Public Enterprises said in posts on X.

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MOIL Hits Record February Production With 1.53 Lakh Tonnes of Manganese Ore

Maintaining its strong growth trajectory, MOIL Limited, a Miniratna state-owned manganese-ore mining company, has delivered its best-ever February production of 1.53 lakh tonnes Manganese (Mn) ore, the Ministry of Steel said in a statement.

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Tejashwi Yadav Slams Bihar Government Over 'Empty' Budget

Tejashwi Yadav slammed Bihar's 2025-26 budget as \"hollow,\" citing its failure to address key issues like migration, education, and jobs.

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Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma Highlights Government's Environmental Protection Efforts

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Monday said that the government is taking steps to purify the atmosphere and protect the environment, with both the central and state governments implementing necessary measures.

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More Indian Women Apply For Credit And Monitor Scores

Women in India are increasingly seeking credit and actively monitoring their credit scores, according to a report launched by NITI Aayog on Monday.

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More Indian women apply for credit and monitor scores

Women in India are increasingly seeking credit and actively monitoring their credit scores, according to a report launched by NITI Aayog on Monday.

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EAM S Jaishankar Holds Meeting With Belgium's Princess Astrid

EAM S. Jaishankar met Princess Astrid of Belgium on Monday.

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GCC Pharma Summit Draws 650+ Leaders in Dubai

The 10th GCC Regulatory Affairs Pharma Summit in Dubai united 650+ experts to discuss pharmaceutical regulations, compliance, and innovation.

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ETGE President Slams Report for Ignoring Uyghur Genocide

Dr. Mamtimin Ala, the President of the East Turkistan Government in Exile, recently expressed his strong critique of a report titled \"Eight years on, China's repression of the Uyghurs remains dire: How China's policies in the Uyghur region have not changed,\" published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Indian Markets Close Flat as Nifty Falls for the Ninth Straight Day

Indian stock markets ended flat on Monday, with the Nifty extending its losing streak to the ninth day amid the uncertain global situation.

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Pralhad Joshi Unveils AI-Driven Solar Manufacturing Line at Goldi Solar's Surat Plant

Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, launched India's first AI-powered solar manufacturing line at Goldi Solar's newly built facility in Kosamba, Surat, Gujarat.

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CTOtalk X Flipkart: Exploring the Tech Powering Scalable Payments

Fintech at Flipkart The Tech Powering Payments & Big Billion Days

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ICMAI Hosted a Two-Day Symposium on Viksit Bharat 2047

A well-known name in the field of cost accountancy, 'The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India' (ICMAI), has organised a two-day symposium.

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Viswam Edutech Wraps Up 18th Skill Carnival, Empowering Youth Across India

The 18th Skill Carnival, organized by Viswam Edutech, concluded successfully in Hyderabad, marking yet another milestone in nurturing young talent across India.

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BIMTECH Hosts Its Annual Student Fest, VIHAAN'25

Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), one of India's leading business schools, successfully concluded VIHAAN'25, its annual management, cultural, and literary festival.

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IRCTC, IRFC GET NAVRATNA STATUS

With the latest addition, the country now has 26 Navratna companies.

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IRCTC, IRFC Get Navratna Status

The central government has granted Navratna status to two companies -- Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), Department of Public Enterprises said in posts on X.

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India's Banking Sector Credit Up To 11.4%: Report

The report said \"After being on a downtrend since Apr '24, credit growth has started to rebound, expanding at 11.4 per cent in January 2025.\"

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Stock Markets End Flat

The Bank Nifty opened higher on Monday but experienced selling pressure during the session and concluded the day on a negative note at 48,114.

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AI-powered solar manufacturing line launched in Surat

Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, launched India's first AI-powered solar manufacturing line at Goldi Solar's newly built facility in Kosamba, Surat, Gujarat.

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Women in India increasingly seeking credit: Report

NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam today launched the report titled \"From Borrowers to Builders: Women's Role in India's Financial Growth Story\".

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Rising Temperatures Drove 41% Surge in Power Demand in 2023

India's peak power demand surged by 41 percent during the summer months of 2023, driven by rising temperatures and frequent heatwaves, a new report by Climate Trends has found.

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Govt on track to meet fiscal deficit target

The central government is on course to meet its fiscal deficit target of 4.8 per cent of GDP for the financial year 2024-25 (FY25), according to a report by Bank of Baroda.

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Zero Discrimination Day: A call for legal and social equality

Every year, March 1 marks Zero Discrimination Day, an initiative led by UNAIDS to promote equality and fairness for all, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, disability, nationality, or socioeconomic background.

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Breaking the stereotype: careers have no gender

For the longest time, Indian career advice has been simpler than any other task: Beta, engineering kar lo (Son, become an engineer) and Beti, teaching ya silaai theek rahega (Daughter, teaching or tailoring is good for you).

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WHAT IS LAND?

Whenever we talk about land, we try to think of it in terms of a resource over which we can claim our rights 'to' and 'over' the property.

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Turning god-mine into a gold-mine: Man's fall from grace

Man is finally reduced to an immoral mechanism, trained to survive in an alien universe in which, in order to live, he must eliminate those who threaten his survival.

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Three Killed After Vehicle Hits Bike in Karnataka

In a tragic incident on Monday, three individuals lost their lives after an unidentified vehicle collided with a motorcycle near Basaveshwara temple in the village of Hunasikatti in Naragunda taluk in district Gadag, according to Naragunda police.

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Four die in auto-car collision in Andhra

At least four persons were killed when the auto-rickshaw met with an accident in Kunderu Mandal of Anantapur district on Sunday, the police said.

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TDP Has Expanded Media Curbs Under 'Red Book' Rule

The opposition YSRCP on Monday claimed that the TDP government in Andhra Pradesh has expanded restrictions on media coverage under the Red Book regulations, further intensifying the controversy in the state legislature.

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Aaditya Thackeray Calls For Public Execution In Cases Of Atrocities Against Women

Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Monday demanded that anyone involved in atrocities against women should be treated as a terrorist and hanged in public, regardless of their party affiliation.

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Maha Budget Session Begins, House to Raise Key Issues

The Budget session of the Maharashtra Legislature commenced on Monday, with the Governor addressing the joint session of both houses at Vidhan Bhavan.

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Telangana CM Meets Union Min Patil, Raises Krishna Water Sharing Issue

'Telangana Farmers Are Suffering'

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NCP-SCP's Ahwad wears handcuffs to assembly, protests Indians' deportation

NCP-SCP leader Jitendra Ahwad on Monday came out in handcuffs to protest against the alleged 'inhuman' deportation of illegal immigrants from the US.

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Congress' Karnataka Crisis Unfolds Like Rajasthan, MP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is facing a significant dilemma over Karnataka, as the situation mirrors the political crises of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in 2020.

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Telangana tunnel collapse: Operation in full swing to locate eight trapped victims

NDRF Commandant VVN Prasanna Kumar said on Monday that operation to save eight workers trapped following the collapse of the SLBC tunnel was underway at full capacity, with around twelve agencies working around the clock to locate the trapped victims.

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SUPREME COURT DEPLORES PRACTICE OF MAKING ORAL MENTIONS TO MODIFY ORDERS OR JUDGEMENTS: 'JUDICIAL VERDICTS NOT LIKE SAND DUNES'

Adding to it, the court stated that, ‘This court deplore such practices of making oral mentions for modification of the orders or judgments in the guise of areview and the same cannot be permitted circumventing the legal process of filing a review.’

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Supreme Court Deplores Practice of Making Oral Mentions to Modify Orders or Judgements: 'Judicial Verdicts Not Like Sand Dunes'

Adding to it, the court stated that, 'This court deplores such practices of making oral mentions for modification of the orders or judgments in the guise of a review and the same cannot be permitted circumventing the legal process of filing a review.'

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Delhi High Court: Women Face Harassment in Public Even After Decades of Independence, Real Empowerment Begins With Right to Move Freely

The Delhi High Court in the case Anupender Versus State Of NCT Of Delhi observed that even after decades of independence, women face harassment in public spaces and has emphasised that real empowerment begins with the right to live and move freely without fear.

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Supreme Court: For leave to appeal under Section 378(3) CrPC, consider if prima facie case exists; not whether acquittal likely to be reserved.

The section 378(3) of Code of Criminal Procedure, Cr.P.C. requires the State to obtain leave from the High Court before appealing against an acquittal.

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'India's Got Latent' row: Supreme Court allows Ranveer Allahbadia to resume his show with standards of 'decency and morality'

The bench headed by Justice Kant took exception to one of the accused making comments about the case in a show conducted abroad.

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Delhi High Court Issues Directions to Trial Courts for Compliance of High Courts' Orders to Conclude Trials Expeditiously

The Delhi High Court in the case Vaibhav Kumar Versus State Through Sho Rajouri Garden observed and has issued directions to the trial courts in the national capital for compliance of higher courts' orders to conclude pending trials expeditiously in a time-bound manner.

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Delhi High Court sets aside rape conviction: Long-term consensual physical relationship does not mean consent was purely based on promise to marry

The Delhi High Court in the case Shivam Pandey Versus State observed and has stated that if a consensual physical relationship continues for a long period, it cannot be said that the consent of woman was purely being based on the promise to marry.

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2025-26 BUDGET TO BE PRESENTED MARCH 24-26: CM GUPTA

The govt will consult with women’s groups, academics, trade bodies, farmers, slum dwellers, youth, and working professionals for input.

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Court Orders Cong Leader to Share Info With Atishi, Sanjay Singh in Defamation Case

The lawsuit alleged that the two AAP leaders were \"deliberately causing harm to Dikshit's goodwill.\"

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BJP Focused on Hurling Abuses at AAP, Not Work, Says Atishi

Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Atishi on Monday accused the ruling BJP of hurling abuses at Arvind Kejriwal and her in the House and asked if it intended to spend its five-year term attacking AAP instead of working for the people.

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BJP, AAP clash in Assembly over CAG reports

\"You should be thankful to the Speaker. The day I sit on the chair, the opposition will be the first to be shown the door.\"

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AAP Dodging Budget Debate to Conceal Failures in MCD: BJP

Leader of Opposition in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh on Monday accused the AAP of avoiding discussions on the Corporation's budget to \"hide its failures.\"

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Speaker warns AAP MLA over sharing Assembly photo

Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Monday warned AAP MLA Jarnail Singh of breach of privilege action for posting a picture of the ongoing House session on X and asked him to remove the image.

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Prem Rawat Smashes Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling's Book Reading Record with Historic 1,33,234 People in Attendance in India

New York Times bestselling author Prem Rawat, alongside Indian author Vipul Rikhi, set a new Guinness World Record for the largest audience at a multiple-author book reading, attracting an astonishing 133,234 attendees.

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